Motor-vehicle.



- Patented Apr. 24, |900.l

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BY al i A rra/msm UNITED STATES.'

'PATENT OFFICE,

EDWIN SCHFIELD SUTCH, OE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGINOR. OF4Ol\"ElIALl` TO DANIEL T. KEENAN, OE SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters patent. No. 648,059; ma spinali,

result without interference, as will be herein-A after described with.reference to the drawings, in which-'- l Figure 1 is a side elevation insection; Fig. 2, a plan view of the speed-varying gear; Fig. 3, a detailof the operating-lever for the same; Fig. 4, an enlarged section of thehandle mechanism,and Fig.` 5 a section on line 5 5 of Fig. 1 looking inthe direction of the a'rrow.

In the/drawings, B represents the floor of' the body of the vehicle, onwhich is located the motor and its driving-gears. The motor may be agasolene-engine, as shown at A, or it may be an electric or other formof motor. At the remote end from that shown in Fig. 1 it has a. pulleyb, -(shown in dotted lines,) which is connected by a-belt a., Fig. 2,with a pulley b' on the y small end of a eoneaoller B. This cone-rolleris arranged. side by side with another cone-roller B2, whose large endisl oppositel the small end of the cone-roller B each other, so thatthey do not touch; but between them and inclosing the cone Bzthere is anendless band, hoop, Aor glat-ring C, made of leather, steel, or anyother suitable mate'- rial, which islarger than the largest end of coneB2 and which when it passes between` the two' cones is revolved aroundBf with a pinched contact between both. cones that causes the rotationof B to be transmitted to B2. Thisring or band C is adj estable alongthe-longitndinal axis of cone B2, so as to cause the eones to be engagedat 'a point vbetween the large end'of Baand small end ofl B for a, slowspeed or the large end of B' and These cone-rollers are separated from-Application filed vJuly 8, 1899. Serial No. '723,148, (Remodel.)

termediate point for any different speedb tween the two adjustments. theband C at diierent points between the small end of B2 for a highsp'eedior at any-'ign- For 'adjusting l cones/saidlband 'is shiftedlaterally by a yoke embracing the band and `formed on the end of .aleverF, projecting from averticalaxs- F2, passing through the door of,the vehicle and having on its lower end a. crank-armi?. At the. largeend of coneBz thereis a loose.

section P, and whenv the band C 'is on this section the rotation of coneB does not im part rotation to B2. The lever-F F is (see Fig. 2) thrownin one direction by a spring?l s and. is drawn in the other directionbyat'l pullrod g3, and when. there is no tensionl on- -the rod thespring sthrows the bandover onto the loose section P and power isnottransmitted to the driving-wheel of the vehicle. When, however a pull ismade on the rod gs the band C at such vpoint as togive any desiredspeed, the cones 'revolving in the direction o the arrows.i On the largeend of cone B there is shifted onto the cone B* 7 is a small rigidpulley N2 with -flanges, and f on the small end of cone IB2 there is alarge pulley VN with flanges', and around these two s pulleys thereloosely hangs a loose beltC, whichbeing slack does not ordinarilytransmit motion from one to the other, but which may be tightened, so asto cause one soneto. y drive the other in the opposite direction fromthat produced by the traveling band C.- The loose belt C has beneath itapulley m, mounted in the-upper end of a vertical 'lever M, fuL crnmed on,the floor of the vehicle and prof jecting below it and drawn in onedirection by a. spring. m' and in the opposite direction bya pull-rodg2. Normally the spring 'm' pulls the lever' M, so that its'pulley misheld away from the slack'belt C'; but when tension is put onrod g2 thepulley m is thrown against -v the belt-C and forms a beltti-ghtenerthatcauses the cone B to impart a rotation to 15"'-v in a directionreverse to that given by band-j C, which enables Athe vehicle to bebacked. v The cones are adjusted'to or from each other to canse themtozbind more or less tightly 'v-upon the band C by screw-rods dat'bothends.

These cause the-movableframe bit-carrying f the .jonrnalox'of one cone,-tolbe adjusted.

to or from the stationary frame b4, carrying the journal-box of theother cone.

Rigidly xed to the shaft o f cone B2, outside of the pulley N', there isa pulley G, around which a belt GV passes to a large pnlley Gs, belowwhichjs hung in the lower end of a nearly-vertical bar D a jointed armD', which is hung upon the axle X of the drivingwheel. (Shown in dottedlines.) Rigidlyfixed to this axle and the driving-wheels there is acog-wheel G', which is in mesh with a small pinion G2, rigidly attachedto the side of `pulley G3, so that the power of the belt G istransmitted to pulley Gs and pinion G2, and the latter acting on thecog-Wheel G on the axle turns the driving-wheels. By means of theframe-barD and arm D' -it will be seen that the motor and most of thedriving mechanism may be loeatedon the ioor of the vehicle, and theirweight may becarried on the springs of the vehicle,"so as to beprotected against derangement from j olting, and yet as the body of thevehicle moves up and down on its springs'the pinion I)2 will roll aroundcogwheel G' without getting out of 'mesh and without straining theteeth. This latter adjustment has been used before and I mak no claim toit.

. On the shaft of the pinion G2 there is hung a brake-lever H, which .atthe points 1 and 2 is attached to the ends of a strap-brake f, passingaround a drum e. This brake-lever f is drawn back or thrown out ofaction by a spring h and is applied by a pull-wire g'.

I will now proceed to describe how the various pull-rods g' g2 gs andalso the guidewheel are, operated and controlled from a` single handlewithout interference with each other.

O is a gooseneck-handle, whose end is bentA over in vertically-pendentposition, so 'as to be conveniently pushed or pulled, rotated about ahorizontal axis, or deected up or down or sidewise. This handle isrigidly attached to a horizontal shaft I and has a locking-catch o,`that is adapted to be engaged in' any one of acircular series of holesin a disk o', formed -on the-end of a tubular case L, containing theshaft I, and which permits the shaft I to be rotated within case -L andlocked in an'y desired position. AThe opposite end of this shaft carriesa rigid pinion 1,', placed between two rack-bars Kand K' and engagedwith them both. These rack-bars (see Figs. 4 ande) are connected .torods jjz, that are attached below to elbow-cranks h' h2, whose lowerarms below the floor are connected, respectively, to the pull-rods q2g3, one

f which, g3, controls the lever F, that applies the power for forwardmovement, and the other of which, g2, controls the lever M for backwardmovement, so that by turning the shaft I axially one rack-bar, K, israised and the other lowered and the mechanism made to go ahead or back,according to the direction of rotation. This gear, however,

motion to the driving-gears;

causes the twotrains of mechanism to be op erated alternately, so thatthere can never be Onl that by moving the handle O in a vertical 8oplane, as indicated by the arrow, the flexible joint at L allows thepull-wire g to be tightened or slackened and the brakes applied orreleased, as desired. Ament may be effected without interference betweenthe pinion v1' and racks K K', 'a longitudinal sliding motion by'adirect pull on handle O is made to Atake the end Z of the shaft out ofits bearingI or head l and alsoto move the pinion z' out of contact withthe racks K K', compressing' the spring i2, which throws it back againinto position. In addition to these adjustments the hollow head Z,tube-casing L, and handle O have a horizontal swing, the head turningupon the top of the pillar K3. This is made to turn a vertiA cal shaftT, .that controls the guide-wheel. The upper end of .the shaft T isbifurcated, as' seen in Fig. 5, and the shaft I passes 'through it, soas to impart an axial motion to the shaft T'when the shaft I and case 'Lare Vswung sidewise.

Having thus described my invention, what -I claim as new, andde'sire tosecure by Letters Patent, is v ,y

1. In a motor-vehicle, the combination with a carrying frame. or case;of a single handle and attached shaft having a rectiliriea'rly andlongitudinally sliding motion, and lalso a rotary motion, a bearing forsaid shaft from which the shaft is detached by said sliding motion,means for transmitting the rotary the said shaft having also ahorizontally-swinging motion and means for transmitting the same to themotion and means for transmitting'it to the brakes substantially as andfor the purpose described.

2. In a motor-vehicle, the combination with the operating mechanism; ofa gooseneckhandle, a shaft attached thereto at right an- In order thatthis move- IOO .H5 steering-gear, and also a vertically-swinging gles tothe grasping portion, said shaft hav-"- ing ,a longitudinally-slidingmotion, a rotary axial motion, and a horizontally-swinging lateralmotion, and means for connecting the same to the operating partssubstantially as y described. V.

3. In a motorevehicle, an operating-handle arranged as described andhaving a rotary axial adjustment, one direction for forward movement andthe other for backward, and

also a vertical swing for putting on the brakes .as described.

4. In a motor-vehicle, an operating-handle arranged as described andhaving a rotary axial adjustment, one direction for forward and theother for backward movement, andl also a longitudinal sliding movementand a vertical swing for applying the brake sub,- stantiallyasdescribed.

5. In a motor-vehicle, an operating-handle arranged `as described andhaving a rotary axial adjustment, one direction for forward and theother for backward, and also aver-A tical swing for applying the brakes,and a horizontal swing for adjusting .the guide-` wheel substantially asdescribed.

ion* t', racks'l K and connections for the drivin'glgears, brake, andguide-wheel, substantiall)r as described.

l EDWIN SCHOFIELD SUTCI-I.

- Witnesses:

ELWooD R. SU'rCI,A

WILLIAM E. VoLz.

